Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 22

22 ' 7 STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C.. 1690, I]P DAWGONIT! 1 KNEW IT WAS A (% SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, S6Y! HAVENT 1 GOT Any RIGHTS IN THIS House ¢ IS THAT PAYIN' GUE ST OF OURS GONNA HOG TH' BATHROOM ALL DAY? T WANT 1y BATH!! k——»— MISTAKE foR THE OL LADY TO TAKE IN A BOARDER! TVE BEEN WAITING NOW POR ONE HOUR To GET INTo Es THAT BATHROOM To TAKE MY BATH! 1 CAN SEC WHERE THIS GUY MORTIMER MUSHBY 1S GOING To BE M PEST!! BY THORNTON W. BURGESS WITH HWS BATH, T AM || NEEDED A BATH!! : SUR€! I WONDER WHAT HES The Unknown Neighbor. DOIN' IN THeRE ? Old Mother N Some folks' a | Why don't you look where you're go- ing?” she demanded, a little bit crossiy. me, my dear! Please do You see, 1 was startled,” said stepped on something queer.” at was it?” asked little Mrs sat side by sid e i just what T want to know,” home which_once h e of Johnny GHuck's grandfather, in the | Feplied Eeter, edging forward a little. | of Johnny Chuck's grandfather, in the | “Mrs. Feter’ joined him. and together | The s ar-pateh. | oo examined the curious thing Peter | Trouble Tarts. Outside 2 great storm raged and howled. | /1 It was stili raging when Peter awoke, | 12d steppedson. [ He hopped up fto the entrance fo look | Turtle.” declared Peter “““‘IB “fl“& out. but he was soon gl retreat. | “It’s the shell of a Box Turtle. s | Little Mrs. Peter awoke. treal | hut ap tightly. Now I_wonder how | “the storm is getting worse, is " | that b S :{1 11115?5‘ “1 (;\-(\\‘:;:11»‘: (\;";;‘ r i v could have lefi and 2 V| Peter agreed that it was. | e ‘ | Timia little Mrs. Peter scratched her | | Tong ear with a long hind foot. Then she scratched the other long ear with the other long hind foot thought of something,” 1 mean, I ust remembered something.” “What?" demanded Peter. Why, Slowpoke the Box Tortoise was over hore in the dear Old Briar-patch for several days late in the Fall” said she. “I saw him eating mushrooms one day. Do you suppose he could have come down in here and died? Tell me, Peter, is that shell empty?” Buf this was something Peter couldn't tell her. The bottom shell was closely shut against the top shell at each end. There was o way of telling whether By that sneli was empty. At least, there was no for Boter Rabbit. fo tell. | BUD FISHER was doing some thinking. He | had remembered something. He had re- | membered that all the members of the ily—like the members of the “It's the shell of a | YES, S\Rs THAT'S OUR SPECIALTY. [Noi LeT's Go In |THIS PHoTD ENLARGING JOINTe I'M [3'M AUGUSTWS MUTT'S BROTHER, TMAs T UNDERSTAND You MAKE LIEE-SIZE CNLARGEMENTS FRoM PHOTOGRAPHS. AM T RIGHT? WelL, Do THIS ON& ForR ME, KiDs - |T'S A SNAP SHOT:T- TR OF AN, ELEPHANT, WHOOPEE ! IMA, 1T'S HAF AN HOUR YET UNTIL YouR BRoTHER, MOTTIS GONNA MeeT US. SHALL WE KiLL T™He TIME PLANING Poot? A WHALE | €| wouLd HAVE “IT'S THE SHELL OF A TURTLE. DECLARED PETER AFT: A WHILE. Mutt’s Brother Has a Keen Sense of Humor. said he. “We m minds that we sha for some time. down there. Mrs. Peter. “I elieve,” replied Peter, rercdd Ml Little Mrs, Peter accepted this sug- ke himeelf, and that he is right gestion followed Peter down to Old | inside this funy little house of his, fast Mr, Chuck's bedroom—so far down that | asieep, but just as much alive as_you Jack Frest never could pinch them | a hole there. It was a good, comfortable room f. he saved himself the trou- 2g down in here. I wish he up. so that we could ask we_don't mind having him Peter was the first down there. As i began to inspect th: denly he put his fof . AEYTHBOE front feet, on something dome-shaped | peter was right. It was Slowpoke the and hard and fairly smooth. He knew | Box Tortoise. and he had gone down in | WOE -SIN NO LIKEE BUY ALL SAME MUS' LEARN HOW FO' M-MISSY SLM YOY, SHE VELLY LPPEE -DATE FLAPPEE LADY — SHE SAY WOE-5)N NO SMOKEE HEY JW-WHAT'S “TH' IDEA? SINCE WHEN DID YOU GET T'LIKIN' M-MY GOSH! LookS L\KE A FIRE N WOE - &-GOosH! LookS LIKE LOVES'GON' instantly it wasn't a stone. He jumped | there to sleep for the Winter. It wasn't . oY Tie was startled, and when he | {he firet fime he had made tise of such THOSE COFFIN-NAILS? L( SMOKEE? CIGEELETTE. HE BE ALL SAME o T MAKE A WRECK did he bumped into little Mrs. Peter. | 3 comfortable underground house. G LIKEE MISSY DODO-BLIRD! “What is the matter with you, Peter? | (Copyright, 1929.) THE DAILY S = e | The Phony Tourist | o— — d T planned a trip from sea to sea, to last a year or maybe three. I told my wife we'd take our time, for haste is more or less a crime; we'd travel in Sunday, January 13. our good old wain, stop when we tired, | priendly stars will rule tomorrow. we'd journey leisurely irne day will be governed by benefic along, and fill the lambent air with |aspects, according to astrology. It is song. We'd visit many storied towns |an unusually auspicious time for rest where great men had their ups and |and recreation. downs, we'd gaze upon enthralling | There is an extraordinarily good rule scenes described in tourist magazines. for correspondence, and love letters Our neighbors came to see us off, and | should be especially welcome. said I was a wise old toff to quit“the | Newspapers and periodicals should rut, to break a: rom scenes familiar | benefit from this planetary government, day by day. TI ght we reached a | Which presages intense mterest in pub- quaint hotel tha verlooked a ver- |lic questions and much informative dant dell, and when I sat me down to | reading. Test, and saw the sun sink in the West. | Good from the ground is fore- I thought of home and of the chair I|shadowed by the stars, which seem to promise big crops this year, when what- HOROSCOPE i == R /Tve Been THROUGH ALL THE CARS THE WIRE SAID HE WAS A WIRE FROM MY KID occupied when I was there. The good | FUATE R, FCOPE Ma o i ire should DON'T FERGIT . R . g INY LTTLE 4 old chair that fit my frame :;dm‘?_;;z:: ey erismisze T4 MONEY, BROTHER RouGH HOUSE ! BUT HAVEN'T SEEN ANY U ON Afl;TT%?NL!\IW?S 2 tailor made the same! they called us in to cat, the waiter brought a piece of meat no larger than a postage stamp, and it was stringy, raw and damp. I thought about the ample steaks we had 2t home—the pies, the cakes, the tempting eggs enshrined in ham, the luscious coffee and the 1P T Under this swly the mind should BESCRIONCH function along positive and constructive 5 lines. It is a first-rate rule for prepara- tion for the week’s activities. Labor should benefit in the coming wcxelrs, when extraordinary and unusual denfands will speed up certain lines of manufacture. HE'S ARRWING ON THE S48 — T MUST MEeT THE TRAIN Boss — DRT WUZ SENT COLLECT ! STAND UP jam; I heaved a sigh, so deeply stirred the people shuddered when they heard. That night, as I reclined in bed, a six- ounce pillow 'neath my head, upon a mattress stuffed with straw, I thought, “There ought to be a law providing penalties and pains for all besotted, bonehead swains, who leave the com- | forts of a home, in territory strange to roam. This traveling is tinhorn stuff; one day of touring is enough; I'm go- ing home to my old hut, the old| routine, the ancient rut, familiar friends and sounds and sights, and downy beds and restful nights.” ‘WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1929 BRAIN TES You are given of letters consi and O. You are required 1 spaces at thc end of each row in harmony with the ngement of the symbols in the beginning of the row. Example: XO0XO0OXO0OXO0OXOX————, Should be completed thus: XOXOXOXOXOXO0OXOX. Allow 3 minutes for the completion of all the rows. The planetary government is espe- cially promising to chemists who pursue the fields of research and who are to make important contributions to human welfare in the next few months. As if to warn mankind that finosl- edge has attained only its first steps, pidemics will present new problems to he medical profession, the seers prophesy. Fame for a physician who will dis- cover a means of eradicating colds from the list of most prevalent ills is prog- nosticated. This is a day supposed to be espe- cially favorable to physical exercise, and walking is recommended. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of progress and great good luck in the coming year. Journeys con- nected with business or professional work are presaged. Children born on that day are sup- posed to be most fortunate, for they hou'd be endowed with brains that di- t hands of rare potentialities. These ubjects of Capricorn often combine ith artistic possibilities real mechani- cal talent. opticians belong to this sign, which also counts many remarkable musicians among its subjects, (Copyright, 1929.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Many oculists as well as | Position Is Everything I'LL CINE Yo DOLLARS FaR TRAT | (1) 0O0X00X00X00————. (2) OXOOXX00O0XX—— (3)OXXOXXO0XX0X Often mispronounced: Amenity; e as (4) XO0OXX00XXO in “men,” not as in “me,” accent after (3) 0X000X0X00 the n. (6) XXO0X0XX00 Often misspelled: Beneficial; ne, not (M OXOXXOXOXX ni, (8) OXX0O0XX00X Synonyms: Dead, deceased, departed, 9) XOXXOXXO0XX | lifeless, inanimate. (10) XOXXOX0OXXO0 ‘Word study se a word three times Answers. |and it is yours.” Let us increase our (1) XO0OX, (2) X000, (3)|vocabulary by mastering one word each XOXX. (4 XX00, (5 XOXO. day. Today's word: Concise; express- () 0XXO. (7) XOXX, (8) 00XX, | ing much in brief form; terse; compact. A p (9 XXOX, (10) 0XXO. “His reply was concise and emphatic.” SQUARE HAS L The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime —BY WEBSTER. 7 THE FIRST BUMCH OF BANAMAS 1N TOwMN o P P FOU SIDES AN’ A CIRCLE HAS NO S\DES b By GENE BYRNES All-Around Student. BETCHA' A CIRCLE HAS TWO SDES! 101929 N Y. TRIBUNE, Inc. Loaie AT ANAT CRAZ poctorr SIDES? SHOW }| ¢ ME! GWAN, - UNCE PETRY You'RE BEOMING A NERVOLS WRECK. SINCEYou Swore, OFF SMoKiNG —Y0URE ToSIVELY JumPY — ~\WHY NOTASI<C AUNTIE | To RELEASE Nou FRom | NouR PROMISE * UNDER - MY TRouBLE 1S, 1 AT NEVER SToPPED | SMOKING -+